You have to
complete an evaluation of your performance across all three performances. When you are writing about your evaluation of your performance across the three performances you must analyse, evaluate & support your
statements with well chosen examples.
1.
Be able to undertake a performance role for a live
audience
Physical skills:
eg posture, alignment, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, ability to
reproduce action/dynamic/rhythmic/spatial content accurately, movement memory,
awareness of and relationship to other performers, use of posture, expression,
gesture, manner, imitation.
Vocal skills:
eg tone, control, inflection, projection, register, particular style, vocal
characterization, modulation, timing, clarity, audibility, accent, dynamics,
breathing, use of pause, pace, pitch, dialect and accent.
Acting skills:
eg emotional range, use of energy, interaction with other performers, gesture,
timing, character journey, characterisation, subtext, learning lines
2.
Be able to interpret performance material for an
audience
Interpretative skills: eg projection, phrasing, musicality,
expression, use of space, focus, emphasis, facial expression, vocalisation,
characterisation, personification, conceptualisation, response to the material.
Style: eg realism, naturalism, surrealism,
expressionism
Public performance venues: eg main stage, studio theatre, arts
centre, concert hall, touring venue.
Staging styles: eg three sides
3.
Be able to perform a role, communicating meaning to an
audience
Perform a role:
eg acting
Communication:
eg focus, control, project, adaptability, response, phrasing, use of pause, use
of stillness/movement, dynamics, breathing, use of gesture, use of space,
relationship with visual and/or aural elements, use of properties, costumes,
masks, performance control.
Investment:
eg commitment in performance, interaction and response, direct audience
address, use of emotional range, coherence and consistency of role,
relationship with the audience, synthesis of character or role work and
technique.
4.
Be able to work with discipline within an ensemble.
Discipline: attendance; timekeeping;
learning material eg lines, choreography, blocking, as required; keeping to
schedules; warm-ups.
Pre-performance conventions: health and safety checks; ‘the half’; prop checks;
calls to the stage.
Professional manner:
listening; contributing; supporting; leading by example; managing emotions;
dressing appropriately; responding to changes; correction; feedback
Ensemble:
group discussion and negotiation; participation in meetings; focus during
technical and dress rehearsal.
